Current Legal Developments in Latvia and the World – January
Current Legal Developments in Latvia and the World – January
BDO Law has compiled the most important news of the amendments to the regulatory acts in January 2026.
This summary covers the following amendments:
This summary covers the following amendments:
- Amendments to the Construction Law
- Amendments to the Law on Residential Properties
- Amendments to the Law on Execution of Confiscation of Criminally Acquired Property
- Amendments to the Construction Law
- Russian gas imports: Council gives final greenlight to a stepwise ban
- U.S. imposes sanctions on crypto exchanges tied to Iran for the first time
- Trump administration eases sanctions on Venezuelan oil industry after Maduro’s capture
- EU preparing 20th Russia sanctions package targeting oil, banks, shadow fleet
- Iran: Council adopts new sanctions over serious human rights violations and Iran’s continued support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
- Trump raises U.S. tariffs on South Korea imports to 25%
- Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries
- The amendments to the Credit Institution Law provide for the possibility of establishing a specialised credit institution with an initial capital of EUR 1 million